MAY 30, 2015
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN)
A boat ran into a concrete pier in Fort Lauderdale Saturday
night, killing one person and sending two others to the hospital, officials
said.
According to investigators, two boats were traveling
southbound on the Intracoastal Waterway when one of them struck the pier, which
is attached to a house in the area of 38th Street and 32nd Avenue near Oakland
Park Boulevard, around 8 p.m.
Authorities said 10 people were traveling on the two boats.
"Upon arrival of our crews, we found that there were four individuals on
this boat when it did strike the seawall. Of the four individuals one was
ejected from the boat," said Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue Battalion Chief
Stuart Ahearn.
"Bystanders were able to remove this individual from
the water, and they did start CPR. Upon our arrival, we then went up, we
evaluated the individual, and unfortunately that individual did expire on
scene."
Paramedics transported the injured victims to Broward
General Hospital in stable condition. The fourth boater inside the vessel that
crashed was not injured.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
Summer in Florida, boating at night, speeding, crashing at the concrete pier: all that point to another drunk night boat crash
that resulted in tragedy.